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Below is a guide for sources to be used within professional wrestling articles established by consensus among participants of WikiProject Professional wrestling. Please discuss this guide on the WikiProject talk page if you have any ideas about how to fine tune these guidelines. Only use reliable sources to verify facts and claims in articles; if a claim is not verified by a source deemed reliable, it could be challenged and removed.
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Search all reliable secondary sources for professional wrestling.
Search only websites dedicated to covering professional wrestling.
Search only mainstream websites.
Official promotion websites
[edit]- WWE.com – Contents of pay-per-view match previews are replaced with the match results when they are available. Any content taken from the preview articles should be archived (see below).
- AllEliteWrestling.com
- TNAWrestling.com
- ROHWrestling.com
- NJPW1972.com
- Official websites of other promotions
Resources
[edit]- Wayback Machine – A great way to find information from a reliable source that may have been deleted. This website can also be used to archive webpages.
- Archive.is – Same usage as above. If you cannot find an archived version of a webpage on one, try the other.
- Webcitation.org – About the same as the two above, but not as easy to search.
- FindArticles – May be useful for finding articles on a specific subject.
Reliable sources
[edit]Industry specific
[edit]| Name | Media | Years | Language | Notes | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Box y Lucha | Online, Print | 1954– | Spanish | The magazine and website has an established staff of writers. | |
| Pro Wrestling Illustrated | Online, Print | 1979– | English | The magazine and website has an established staff of writers. | Kappa Publishing Group |
| Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Online | Online, Print | 1980– | English | The newsletter released by Dave Meltzer and its website, co-authored by Bryan Alvarez; reliable for results and historical information.[1] | Independent |
| Pro Wrestling Torch | Online, Print | 1987– | English | This organization has an established staff of writers and newsletter. | TDH Communications Inc. |
| Súper Luchas | Online, Print | 1991– | Spanish | Former print magazine with an established, documented editorial process. | Independent |
| WrestleView | Online | 1997– | English | Has an established staff and editors. | Independent |
| The History of WWE | Online | 2002–2015 | English | Maintained by Graham Cawthon, a journalist who has written several books on the history of professional wrestling. Source has results of every single WWE, WCW and ECW program. Has full-detailed results of some shows and matches. Defunct since 2015. | Graham Cawthon |
| PWInsider | Online | 2004– | English | The website has an established staff. Writer Richard Trionfo has a knack for inventing names for finishing or signature moves – "IEDDT", "Blackpool Slam", "Fandangobama Jam", etc. – do not use his reports to cite move names. | Independent |
| Solowrestling.com | Online, Print | 2004– | Spanish | The website has an established staff. Former print magazine with an established, documented editorial process. | Independent |
| Prowrestling.net | Online | 2008– | English | The website has an established staff. | Last Row Media LLC. |
| Pro Wrestling Sheet | Online | 2015–2018 | English | The website was controlled by Ryan Satin, who has a background in news, and it also had an editorial staff. Satin sold the site to Collider in 2018, who consolidated it into TheSportster a few years later. As such, articles that note they were originally published on Pro Wrestling Sheet are considered to be reliable. | Ryan Satin LLC. |
| Fightful | Online | 2015– | English | The website has an established staff. The website is controlled by Sean Ross Sapp, who has an extensive background in news. | James Vanderlinden |
| POSTWrestling | Online | 2017– | English | The website has an established staff. | John Pollock and Wai Ting |
| Denise Salcedo | Online | c. 2018– | English | Denise Salcedo is a professional wrestling journalist and broadcaster with a BA in Journalism who works for reliable sources such as Wrestler Observer Newsletter and Fightful. She also releases news under own name independently through her own YouTube channel and podcast. |
Mainstream
[edit]| Name | Media | Notes and limitations | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Baltimore Sun | Online, Print | American newspaper in the state of Maryland; inaccessible in EU | Tribune Publishing |
| CBS Sports | Online | Sports division of the American television network CBS. | CBS Interactive |
| Digital Spy | Online | British-based entertainment news website. | Hearst Communications |
| ESPN | Online | U.S.-based global television channel, added a wrestling vertical in 2016. | ESPN Internet Ventures |
| Fox Sports | Online | Sports division of the American television network Fox Broadcasting Company, with its own dedicated regional and national cable channels. | Fox Sports Interactive Media |
| The Independent | Online, Print | British newspaper. | Evgeny Lebedev |
| The Masked Man (via Grantland) | Online | Columnist and podcast host David Shoemaker is an author of a book on professional wrestling. However, this does not mean other Grantland columnists are reliable. Grantland closed down in October 2015. | ESPN Internet Ventures |
| Miami Herald | Online, Print | American newspaper for the region of South Florida. | The McClatchy Company |
| Rolling Stone | Online, Print | Popular culture magazine published in the United States. | Jann Wenner |
| Sky Sports | Online | Website for the British-based group of sports television channels. | Sky UK |
| SLAM! Wrestling | Online | Includes detailed television and pay-per-view results, as well as wrestler biographies back to 1997. Independent from Canadian Online Explorer as of May 2020. | Postmedia Network |
| Sports Illustrated | Online, Print | American sports magazine. | Meredith Corporation |
Limited reliable sources
[edit]Use with caution, mainly for uncontroversial claims such as match results, as these sites do not have proven fact checking.
| Name | Media | Notes and limitations | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 411mania | Online | This website has reports on many PPV and weekly events (dating back to mid-2000), as well as numerous columns. Stay away from news articles that mention sources we consider unreliable. | |
| Cagematch.net | Online | Match results are regularly cited by other reliable sources such as Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Súper Luchas, Pro Wrestling Torch, ESPN and POST Wrestling. Has volunteer staff and editorial oversight. Do not cite user comments in the ratings section or anything outside of match results. | Philip Kreikenbohm |
| Bleacher Report | Online | Can be used for certain aspects such as interviews or match results. Refrain from using pre-2013 articles as some are user-generated. | WarnerMedia News & Sports |
| Internet Wrestling Database | Online | Only reliable for match results, and not for other BLP information. Has results for various wrestling promotions in the world, including WWE, AEW, TNA, ROH, NWA, WCW, ECW, NJPW, AJPW and NOAH. | |
| Wrestlenomics | Online | Owner has a good reputation and background, and this site can be used for TV ratings and event attendances. Business metrics are also reliable. However, interpersonal news and event recaps should be avoided. | Brandon Thurston |
| WWENetworkNews | Online | Only reliable for additions and removals to the WWE Network. |
Unproven sources
[edit]| Name | Media | Notes | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|
| InsidePulse | Online | This website has named writers and has been around for several years. | |
| NZPWI | Online | Has editors [8] | |
| Pro Wrestling History | Online | This website list results of matches, pay-per-views, tournaments, history of promotions, buyrates, and attendance for events. | |
| PW Downunder | Online | Australian wrestling site with staff, but they appear to be not known in the industry | |
| So Cal Uncensored | Online | News, reviews, rankings, interviews, and more on the Southern California wrestling scene. | |
| Wrestling Perspective | Online, Print | ||
| Uproxx | Online | Has editorial staff [9] | Warner Music Group |
| WrestlingData | English German | Largest database of wrestlers and results on the web, extensively cross-referenced. | |
| Wrestling Titles | Online | A comprehensive listing of title histories. | |
| WrestlingWorldNews | Online |
Dead sources
[edit]May be found in archives.
- 1Wrestling - This website, owned by Bob Ryder, was around from 1997–2020 and employed many well known wrestling reporters, including Bill Apter
- Online Onslaught - This source had detailed results of every WWF/E PPV, along with results of Raw, SmackDown, Heat and Velocity.
- Puroresu Spirit – English results for many Japanese promotions.
- Solie - This website had exhaustive listings of title histories.
- Total Wrestling Magazine
Aggregators
[edit]News aggregators are websites that collects headlines from other pro wrestling news sites, but does not copy it. Might be worth looking at to see who broke a story.
- The Professional Wrestling Database
- SLAM.NEWS
- Classic Wrestling Articles – This source provides articles from newspapers and magazines dating from 1852, but since it is a blog, it is recommended not to directly cite it, but instead use it to find the original articles to cite from.
- Wrestling.delivery
Unreliable sources
[edit]Avoid using these sources. They report rumors, speculation, and have no reliable sourcing in terms of where they get their information from.
- All Wrestling[2]
- Australian Wrestling[3]
- Cageside Seats[4]
- BodySlam.net[5]
- Cultaholic[6]
- Daily DDT
- The Daily/Sunday Express[7][8]
- Diva Dirt[9]
- ewrestlingnews[citation needed]
- FanSided
- Forbes.com[10]
- Gerweck.net[11]
- Give Me Sport
- IMDb[8]
- Inquistr[8]
- ITNWWE.com[3]
- Kayfabe Memories[3]
- Last Word on Pro Wrestling[12]
- Luchablog[3]
- News Every Day
- New York Post[8]
- NoDQ[13]
- Online World of Wrestling[14]
- PWMania
- PWPIX[15]
- prowrestling.com[citation needed]
- Rajah.com[16]
- Reddit / SquaredCircle / Wreddit[17]
- Republic TV/Republic World[8]
- Ringside News[18]
- SEScoops
- Sportskeeda[8]
- TheSportster[19]
- The Sun[7][8]
- The Wrestling Answer[citation needed]
- TPWW (The People's Wrestling Website)[citation needed]
- VoxCatch.fr[20]
- WhatCulture[8]
- WorldOfWrestling.it[21]
- WrestleTalk[6]
- WrestleZone
- Wrestling Attitude[citation needed]
- The Wrestling Estate[3]
- Wrestling-Edge
- Wrestling News[22]
- Wrestling Headlines / Lords of Pain
- Wrestling Inc
- WrestlingNews.co[23]
- Wrestling News Plus
- Wrestling News Source[24]
- Wrestling Rumors
- Yardbarker[citation needed]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Cited below are references associated with stated reasons for listing a website as unreliable.
- ^ Long considered reliable, routinely relied upon as a source by mainstream outlets and other reliable sources, 2024 discussion on it found here
- ^ Article writers use screen names only
- ^ a b c d e Fan website with no visible oversight
- ^ Blog owned by SB Nation
- ^ See previous discussions:[1],[2]
- ^ a b See talk page discussion
- ^ a b British tabloid paper. Listed at Wikipedia:Potentially unreliable sources. Not suitable for BLPs. See here.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Marked "generally unreliable" by WP:RSP
- ^ Cites other unreliable sources. No proven oversite. Can be used for interviews, per talk page discussion.
- ^ The Forbes website is listed at Wikipedia:Potentially unreliable sources. Much of the content is created by paid "contributors". They may qualify under the self-published source criteria, but must never be used as third-party citations on statements relating to living persons.
- ^ Uses Facebook as a source [3]
- ^ Managing Editor is Jamie Greer who previously wrote for Wrestlezone
- ^ [4] – Has used Sportskeeda, Ringside News, and other unreliable sites as a sources
- ^ Per Reliable Source notice board – [5].
- ^ 19 November 2015 PWPIX claimed "Becky Lynch is taking some time off from the road. After working WWE's entire European tour, she returned to her hometown of Dublin, Ireland and therefore missing this week's Raw and SmackDown events — she's still in Dublin. She's expected back before the end of the year."
19 November 2015 Lynch tweeted "I'm not taking any time off" - ^ As per discussion – [6]
- ^ Is a forum
- ^ "Wrestling News | WWE News and Rumors". Ringside News.
- ^ Per a discussion on WT:PW, editors find TheSportster to be generally unreliable.
- ^ Fog, Darren (July 29, 2015). "On a échappé à un live de Limp Bizkit à WrestleMania 32". VoxCatch.
- ^ http://www.worldofwrestling.it/it/dettaglio.php?tab=mkp_news&id=67828
- ^ As per discussion: [7]
- ^ As per discussion
- ^ https://www.wrestlingnewssource.com/news/39699/WWE-Wants-Limp-Bizkit-For-WrestleMania-32-But-Fred/
https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/3f4mfj/just_to_let_you_guys_know_pretty_sure_the_limp/